§ 3. Mr. Buchananasked the Secretary of State for Scotland when he will pay a visit to Springburn.
§ The Under-Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr. Harry Ewing)My right hon. Friend has no immediate plans to do so.
§ Mr. BuchananI am sorry to hear that that is the case. Will my right hon. Friend change his mind? As he will be aware, his Department approved the Springburn plan in 1963. Is is not about time we were having a report on how that plan was developing, particularly with regard to the health service, as many surgeries of medical practitioners are disappearing from the area and the health centre has become of urgent necessity?
§ Mr. EwingI do not want to comment on the details of the Springburn plan, but I can tell my hon. Friend that the Greater Glasgow Health Board is likely to make a final cost submission to my Department in the next few weeks in relation to the health centre. All being well, it is expected that it will be able to make a start on building in January 1979, with the building being completed early in 1981.